footprints

I’ve busy the last few days.

I got an idea… that’s always trouble.

Anyway, I decided to build a house. I started out with a prefab, but changed it completely. I might as well have started from scratch. There is nothing left of the original. It’s been a lot of fun. I make a change here and that inspires a change there. I ended up with this modern style house:

It’s still a work in progress. It will never be done. I like to change colors, or add a deck here or there. There’s a living room and a bedroom, two decks, a swimming pool. At least that’s what’s there as I write this. An hour from now it could be completely different.

Here’s a picture of Pete relaxing in the living room at night…

One of my inspirations for this house is Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater in Bear Run, PA. I’ve always like his houses and was fortunate enough to have lived in an area of the country not far from many homes designed by him. Hmmm… maybe I’ll take out the pool, put in a small waterfall, and have a stream running under one of the cantilevered decks… just like Fallingwater.

I’ve got to stop thinking.

Handle every stressful situation as a dog would… piss on it and walk away.

I’ve been spending a lot of time online in Second Life…

I have really been enjoying building. I pretty much filled up the land I had. I tried to buy some more land in the immediate area to expand into, but there was no more land available there so I went out shopping and bought more land in another area. I sold the original land to one of my neighbors who wanted to expand her business. I bought the land just before the big price drop, yet I still was able to sell the land at a profit.

At ground level I’ve built a nice little meditation garden. There’s a hut with meditation cushions, there’s a papaya tree that you can climb and if you’re not careful it will drop a papaya on your head. A waterfall flows into a nice pool to float in, and my magic mushroom is nearby.

I’ve build a nice little place called The Cupidon Cafe in a skybox for my friends to hang out at. It’s like a New York City loft so I guess that combines my love of New York with my love of SL. There are dance animations available to use and a radio with changeable stations so you can pick what type of music you want to dance to. There’s a stage at one end of the building with a dual dance pole so two people can pole dance in coordinated dances. If you visit you may be lucky to see the world’s best exotic dancing zombie on stage. There’s a little snack bar area at the other end where you can sit and relax.

I have a regular bar with a Budweiser beer tap that I bought from a very talented builder. Click on it… a mug appears… the mug fills with beer… and it then is given to you. The beer mug has a nice animation in it to make it look like you are occasionally taking a drink. As you drink the level of the beer in the mug goes down until it is gone. It really is a very clever piece of work. I build some nice stools for the bar that rotate so you can turn to face whatever direction you wish.

There’s a creaking stairway to a second level lounging area with a woodburning fireplace, some comfortable furniture, and some classic artwork.

There’s a secret trapdoor that can be opened remotely to surprise unsuspecting guests. The door opens, you hear a scream, and they drop down into a dungeon with few surprises in it…